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Description: Studying literature: The Essential Companion is a unique book. It is designed to accompany students of literature – whether on English, combined humanities or foreign-language degrees – throughout the whole of their studies. This is a one-stop reference for all the information they need, both on their subject and on the best way to go about studying it.
Combining a concise glossary of critical terms and theories, a guide to literary theorists and a study skills guide in one, the Companion is written with a real awareness of the needs of students today and blends academic rigour with essential practical information.
Section 1: Study guide – takes the student through reading a text, preparing for courses, getting the most out of seminars and lectures, making presentations, finding and using secondary material, writing essays, and taking exams
Section 2: Guide to the use of electronic media – offers advice on finding information on-line, downloading texts and criticism, joining web and email discussion groups and using n-line bibliographies
Section 3: Introduction to literary theories and approaches – provides a clear overview of the field of literary studies, cross-referenced with sections 4 and 5
Section 4: Glossary of literary and theoretical terms – helps students with the essential terminology for literary analysis
Section 5: Guide to theorists – provides concise biographical and critical profiles of the key modern theorists in literary studies
Contents: Introduction · Section 1: Guide to studying literature at university · Introduction · Getting organized · Reading literary texts · Literary criticism · Writing essays · Section 2: Guide to the use of electronic media · • Some introductory comments • Electronic media: opening definitions • Finding primary electronic information • Issues of reliability • Downloading literary texts • Reading in the electronic age • Searching and analyzing electronic texts • Browsing the web • Evaluating secondary sources • Revising and editing electronically • Documenting electronic media • Safety measures • Section 3: Theories and approaches · Why theory? · The theoretical object · Types of theory · Theory and method · Formalisms · The hermeneutic tradition · Structuralism and its progeny · Psychological and psychoanalytic theories · Isms·Section 4: Glossary of literary and theoretical terms • Section 5: Guide to theoristsISBN - 9780340759462
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Pages : 434
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